The first edition was between 18 and 24 November 1932, in the old building of the Amsterdam RAI on the Ferdinand Bolstraat on a 166.6 metre track.

After Adolphe Charlier and Frans Slaats won the fourth edition in 1936 there were no more Six Days held in Amsterdam for thirty years.

There were many proposals to organise a Six Day race after the Second World War but the fifth edition was years later in 1966, in the new RAI building located on the Europaplein.

Since 2001 the race takes place in the new build Amsterdam Velodrome located in Sportpark Sloten, with a 200-metre track and a capacity for 2000 spectators.

[1] World Champion Ellen van Dijk fired the starting shot for the 21st edition in October 2013.